This evening I was doing a Flickr search using the term “Bollwitt” to try and locate a cute shot of John and me. Sorting the results by most recent I came across the Flickr account of a website called w00tpwnage, which compares everything from Tiger vs Alligator, Wolf vs Wolverine, Astro Boy vs Mighty Mouse, and now Wired’s Sexy Geeks against each other in a head-to-head poll.

Frankly, there are so many sites out there comparing one person to another it’s enough to make your head spin off a crash down on your keyboard. I just have to say that it’s been a privilege to meet some great geeky women out there who don’t need to post photos of themselves in their underwear to gain readership (but if they do that doesn’t mean they’re any less real, credible or intelligent… in most cases anyway).

Sometimes it’s easy to get wrapped up in stats, ratings or who can code better PHP (even though that is kind of hot). I’d actually prefer it if you didn’t check out the “w00tpwnage” site and cast a vote for anyone… except maybe in the case of Mighty Mouse and Astro Boy. This whole online world should be about content (for a refresher see F*ck Stats, Make Art). From what I gathered when I met Amber and Lisa, is that it’s also for women who have a good head on their shoulders; what happens to fall into place beneath is actually pretty moot.

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agreed. in my eyes, content remains the most important part of blogging. I’ve actually cut down on the number of my post so I have more time to write meaty well thought-out posts. and yes, don’t worry i got a stern talking to about the butt shot. It’s such a subtle balance between increasing your readership by posting “eye-candy” images (not all bikini related), and staying true to your blogging values.

I think you do it best, by occasionally posting some cheeky nerd shirt picts, but always keeping your blog on track with consistent posts and great photos.

Hmmm…IS content really king? I seem to remember the LOLcats blog being not only one of the most popular blogs, but also one of the most popular websites period.

Surely my site can be no worse?

The fact that you have even gone to the site means something. As it seems have Zadi, Nikita, Felicia (who was kind enough to send over some of her users even though most of them hated it), and Carolina(who seemed to like it or at least was supportive in my endeavors).

Let’s see if I can lend a bit of perspective.

First let me say I generally know what interests people and I figured it would be a fun geeky concept to turn into a blog.

This is really my first attempt at blogging. I’m not a “name” or even have a real web presence outside of my commercial arts portfolio website.

I’m also notorious for not following though with the projects I start. So for my birthday present to myself I decided to start the blog as a hopeful experiment. It is a simple concept really. I make at least 1 post a day, every day (Monday-Friday), for a year.

The big reason there isn’t much content is that until I find my “voice” I just want to focus on my visitors and maybe have a fun debate every now and again.

People are generally sharply divided over my website. They love it or hate it so I must be doing something right.

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